# Kodex — user reviews

> 222 indexed App Store user reviews of Kodex by Bruno Philipe Resende Silva, rated 4.20/5 from 207 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kodex/id1038574481/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kodex/id1038574481.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 132 · 4★ 28 · 3★ 17 · 2★ 9 · 1★ 21

## What do users think of Kodex?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🚀 Powerful code editor
- 👍 Well-integrated with iPad features
- 🎨 Excellent syntax highlighting and theming
- 📁 Broad file format support
- 💡 Useful QuickEdit mode

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues
- 🔍 Lack of search and replace functionality
- 🔀 Difficulty navigating between files
- 🚫 No option to run/compile code
- 📏 Forced word wrapping with no toggle

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Crashes when opening certain file types
- Loses data after copy/paste and undo/redo
- Compatibility issues with latest iOS versions
- Overlapping UI elements in search/replace

**Most requested features**

- Add search and replace feature
- Implement code execution/compilation
- Improve file management and navigation
- Provide option to disable word wrapping
- Introduce more keyboard shortcuts

## Newest reviews (15 of 222)

### 3/5 — Next to perfect

*2026-02-21, version 1.4.2*

Everything is fine, no distractions. The sublime text for iOS, but unusable: no room for the text!  The keyboard has so huge space wasted and the menu! The menu seems designed for a 33’ screen.  You have only 3 lines of your source code visible to work with

### 3/5 — Would be great

*2026-02-11, version 1.4.2*

This would be my favorite code editor, but the lack of a word wrap toggle makes it nearly useless to me.

### 3/5 — App is usable but one improvement is needed

*2026-02-06, version 1.4.2*

Using it with keyboard accessory makes total line number counter thingy to float over editor page to become hinderance, need option to remove it or make it go bottom of the screen like when using it without accessory, obvious UI mistake for text editor app

### 4/5 — Great text editor but horrible flaws.

*2025-12-21, version 1.4.2*

Closing the app without saving removes all progress and recently saving files crashes the app and loses all progress. I spent at least 4 and a half hours working on a project and when I tried saving it. It crashed and I lost everything

### 3/5 — これは..

*2025-07-07*

コード作れるけどマイクラのアドオンには不向き

### 4/5 — İyi am

*2025-07-05, version 1.4.2*

Ben kodları yazdıktan sonra ne oluyor ben anlayamadın yardın yani içe aktar gibişeyleti bulamıyorum

### 3/5 — Not compatible with Stage Manager

*2025-06-23, version 1.4.2*

You app crashes when Stage Manager is active. You may need to update it urgently since on multi-window iPadOS 26 it may not work at all.

### 3/5 — It’s kinda mid

*2025-03-29, version 1.4.2*

Well, this app is kinda good but it has so many flaws such as constant crashing even if the amount of lines used are less than 100, having to restart Kodex just to be able to paste stuff and so many more issues. But overall it’s mid, just don’t fully depend on this app.

### 4/5 — Gut aber nur EINEN Haken!

*2025-03-27*

Kodex ist ein großartiger und übersichtlicher Code-Editor, der nahezu alle Programmiersprachen unterstützt. Die Bedienung ist relativ einfach, und die App eignet sich hervorragend zum Schreiben und Bearbeiten von Code. Allerdings fehlt eine entscheidende Funktion: Es gibt kein integriertes Kontrollfeld oder eine Möglichkeit, den Code direkt auszuführen und das Ergebnis zu sehen. Wenn diese Funktion hinzugefügt wird, wäre Kodex nahezu perfekt!

### 5/5 — Test

*2025-01-25, version 1.4.2*

Test

### 3/5 — Great when it works

*2024-12-21, version 1.4.2*

I've been using Kodex for maybe a decade now and find it to be an excellent text editor — when it works. Unfortunately, it crashes *a lot*, even crashing repeatedly when e.g. working on a 4-line bash script with only one tab open. I like Kodex enough to keep using it despite the constant crashes, but sometimes they are frustrating enough for me to just use something inferior for a few months. 

It would be nice if users were able to either import a font or select one installed on the system. The built-in options are broadly not wonderful, I'd like to be able to use my preferred IDE font (which happens to be 'Courier Prime Code', it's open source and could definitely be included in Kodex).

### 4/5 — Buen desempeño

*2024-10-10, version 1.4.2*

Había usado esta app por mucho tiempo y había dejado de usarla porque se cerraba y no funcionaba. Esta ultima actualización parece haber solucionado los problemas de estabilidad.

### 4/5 — Lacking mobile code editor

*2024-10-08, version 1.4.2*

There are so many missing features of this code editor and it’s painful. First of all, WHERE’S THE REDO BUTTON?
Being able to accidentally press the undo button with no way of knowing what you did is so frustrating.
And another thing: PLEASE ADD A WORD WRAP TOGGLE!
Word wrapping warps the text and makes it hard to distinguish between statements so please add a toggle!

### 5/5 — Need more key tab,ctrl,escort

*2024-09-12, version 1.4.2*

В ish в клавиатуре есть клавиши tab, ctrl, escp. Хотелось бы в приложении видеть хотя бы клавишу табуляции. В остальном 5 звезд.

### 4/5 — Good but needs a fix.

*2024-04-24, version 1.4.2*

I love this app! I wish i knew about it sooner! But something that is a bit annoying is how you cant see a screen where your code can turn into what it should be.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — LOVED

*2026-08-14, version 1.4.2*

Loved

### 1/5 — 어려움

*2026-06-07, version 1.4.2*

실행하는게 어려움 다른건 매우좋음

### 1/5 — TERRIBLE

*2026-03-07, version 1.4.2*

I have never had an app so CONfUsING worst app even my so assistance couldn’t find out what to do I need some help but still nothing i ended up deleting my app and getting a new one also good luck on your coding IM CODING A WEBSITE but this is NOT the right app to do it on unless you are a real GEEK 😂😂

### 1/5 — Crashes, no updates

*2025-08-13, version 1.4.2*

Frequently crashes on iPadOS and no updates form the developer in years. Seems to be abandonware.

### 1/5 — Nice but

*2024-10-09, version 1.4.2*

Nice but can not open a 200kb txt file

### 1/5 — Broken

*2023-12-15, version 1.4.1*

Crashes when opening files on iOS 17.

### 1/5 — Broken ios 17

*2023-09-25, version 1.4.1*

No longer opens files on ios 17

### 1/5 — Crashes all the time

*2023-04-30, version 1.4.1*

Even when I try to open a simple JavaScript file the app crashes and closes.
Useless.

### 1/5 — Keeps crashing

*2023-03-16, version 1.4.1*

It crashes all the time.

### 1/5 — Abandonware with random crashes

*2023-03-03*

This app has been abandoned even though the author works for Apple. Weird world we’re living in.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Bug Report

*2026-07-21, version 1.4.2*

I really enjoy using your text editor app, thank you!However, I would like to report a bug. When I select a block of text and cut it, a part of the text right after the selected block disappears if the selection size exceeds a certain limit. This is a problem because it deletes text that I didn't actually select to cut.I hope this issue can be fixed soon. Thank you!

### 5/5 — Respects me as a user

*2026-07-07, version 1.4.2*

This is the ONLY app out of three dozen I have tested for various types of code editing or note taking that hasn’t shoved a billion ads in my face. And it has the features I want and is a great, simple, minimalist code editor. I love it guys and please keep up the great work!

### 5/5 — Parabéns

*2026-06-12, version 1.4.2*

Aplicativo muito bom! Parabéns Bruno pelo desenvolvimento desta ferramenta ótima para visualizar/editar código simples e eficiente.

### 5/5 — Excellent!

*2026-03-01, version 1.4.2*

Nice lean, low fat app with pretty much all the technical features I want in an iPad text editor. The only thing I can think of that it’s missing is a keyboard shortcut for commenting/uncommenting selections (usually Cmd-/). Great work :)

### 5/5 — Me encanto

*2026-02-18, version 1.4.2*

Puedo cambiar la versiónes de los mods de fnf

### 5/5 — Good code editor

*2026-02-08, version 1.4.2*

As said:”A powerful code editor..” Just start using it!

### 5/5 — Fantastic.

*2025-12-07, version 1.4.2*

It’s easy-to-use, simple, and has a lot of customization. Reccomend it to anyone who needs to edit files.

### 5/5 — Fatally buggy

*2025-05-21, version 1.4.2*

I want to love this BUT there's a bug which sometimes keeps restoring saved files back to their previous version, which is obviously NOT what you want in a code editor. 

Also, much more minor niggle, the syntax highlighting is buggy with backticks in javascript.

### 5/5 — Perfekte App und alles übersichtlich

*2025-05-04*

Diese App tut was sie soll, ohne Werbung oder nervige Popups. Ich habe nichts auszusetzen und gebe fünf Sterne, weil diese App mir meine Arbeit sehr erleichtert.

### 5/5 — Great lightweight code editor

*2025-04-07, version 1.4.2*

Kodex is an excellent code editor for iOS — fast, clean and full of features. Perfect for quick edits or learning on the go. Best of all, it’s free with no locked features. Massive respect to the developer!

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-08.*